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By the 1970s, Rivers was appearing on various television comedy and variety shows, including The Carol Burnett Show and a semi-regular stint on Hollywood Squares.

From 1972 to 1976, she narrated The Adventures of Letterman, an animated segment for The Electric Company.

In 1973, Rivers wrote the TV movie The Girl Most Likely to ..., a black comedy starring Stockard Channing.

In 1978, Rivers wrote and directed the film Rabbit Test, starring her friend Billy Crystal.

During the same decade, she was the opening act for singer Helen Reddy on the Las Vegas Strip.

In July 1970, Rivers performed as the opening act for Sergio Franchi during an acclaimed appearance at the Mill Run Theater in Chicago and also opened for Franchi at the MGM Grand Hotel from 1974-1976.

Rivers became a Las Vegas Strip headliner herself in the 1980s.